Stacov Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 hey Ok i pretty much know how to hook theses up, I got the sports cluster for the escort so thats battery,fuel,oil,water guage what i want to know is what sort of power source u got to use to power the guages? When i connect the petrol wire to the guage then a power wire from under the dash. It keeps making the gauge read FULL when it really has about 5 bucks of gas in it and starts to smoke alittle. What i was thinking is the power wire i was using had to much current so sending the wrong power to it making it go all weird. so what power source should i be using? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYKOV6 Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 are you talking about a esky sport dash into ya 4 dr? im not sure the sender in a sport is the same it should b maybe ya havnt got the wires the right way round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacov Posted April 23, 2005 Author Share Posted April 23, 2005 yeah its the sports cluster thing. I dunno aye ive tryed the wires all different ways aye still no work could be faulty guages or something might just buy some aftermarket ones that way ill get instructions on how to set them up properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrome_GT Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Have you wired the gauge to the sender via a voltage regulator thingy. I know that on my mini and capri, the temp and fuel gauges are powered via a thing on the back of the cluster. I think its a voltage regulator but i'll edit this message once i've found out the proper name. I also know that when these voltage thingies fail, they cause bad or no readings on each of the gauges. Its a little brassy box with spade terminals coming out of it. They are usually screwed into the back of the gauge cluster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrome_GT Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 I've searched on another forum i use. In capris the fuel and temp gauges apparently require 3v. It is actually called a voltage regulator too. If you want to read the posts i was looking at go here http://www.network54.com/Forum/67242 Now go search, and type "fuel temp gauges" in search field. Heaps of posts will show up so go through them. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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